Скачать или смотреть Mpho Sephelane - 2021 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards Winner

The winner of the 2021 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards was announced on 8 June 2022 at a special event at the Radisson RED in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The 2021 national winner, announced live, was Mpho Sephelane from the School of Architecture at the University of Cape Town, who received a R70 000 cash prize.

The thesis by Mpho was entitled ‘Re[covering] Place: African ways of seeing, thinking and making as a call to rethink and remake places in cities’. The judges’ citation stated that Mpho “shifted our mindsets to trust our heritage to guide us and to be truly authentic. She narrated the use of the Basotho blanket as a transformative and imaginative symbol of identity and relevance.”

“The opportunity afforded to me has validated a lot of what my fellow students, especially people who connect with their culture, have been struggling with, and that is the issue of translating who they are and what their culture entails and the values they bring to their everyday lives and professions,” said Mpho. “The journey is really a beginning for me as I am excited to continue to collaborate and learn from other cultures about such ideas of translation and preservation.”

View Mpho's project here - https://www.studentawards.corobrik.co...